1802.12 - Award - Commander's Commendation - For distinguished performance in the recovery and completion of the mission on Sarendu II

1804.06 - Promotion - Attained rank of Lieutenant

Background-

Riley
was born with most of her right leg missing due to a birth defect that
left her otherwise completely healthy. At first, her parents - Gabriella
and Jacob Higgs - had spent the time and effort to have an artificial
leg created for her, sympathetic to the idea that she'…‚Â¬'d otherwise be
unable to move around in the world as most everyone else could.
Technology further allowed the base graft to be able to have attachments
that could be changed out as she grew, occasionally having to replace
even the base as she outgrew that as well. Teenage years were especially
difficult because of these growth spurts, finally coming to an end at
over six feet in height at the age of 17.

By
this point, remapping the color scheme for new prosthesis became overly
time consuming, and eventually, Riley had taken to having but a simple
smooth metallic leg, which she keeps covered, being fairly self
conscious about it due to growing up and simply how children can be
towards those who are different.

It
was this same leg that inspired her into the medical field, as well as a
base understanding of biorobotics and robotic anatomy - either due to
self applied maintenance or necessity of damage to her own limb from
time to time. As a child, she noticed early on just how different her
artificial leg was from her biological one, and thus began to
investigate the way both worked in tandem with each other, which lead to
the rest of how the body works, and how it could work with artificially
grown or created biorobotic components, such as Captain Jean-Luc
Picard'…‚Â¬…„Â¢s artificial heart. This fascination with biology and robotics
has yet to leave her to this day.

Hobbies, including but not limited to-

A love of music - Alternative Rock and Metal being among her favorites, as well as symphony

Traditional art - painting, drawing, abstract creations

Working out at the gym; and benching with the guys

Cartoons

Coffee

Family Information-

Gabriella Higgs

Mother

Maiden Name: Ferreira

Species: Human

Occupation: none

Jacob Higgs

Father

Species: Human

Occupation: Supervisor in Metalworks and Fabrication for Starship Hull Plating